Michael Foreman
1) Friends
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While a cat wanders wild and free, his friend Bubble the fish swims in circles in a bowl, until the cat decides to give Bubble a taste of freedom.
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"Tomorrow, we can go to the land beyond the river, and still be back for tea!"Cat's best friend is the canary in his apartment. Once their owner has gone out, Cat lets Canary out of his cage and they go up onto the roof together. Cat wishes he could fly, like all the birds around him, and when he finds a kite tangled in an aerial, it is too much of a temptation. The kite carries him much too high and much too far, and Canary needs to marshall...
5) Wonder goal!
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Traces the path of an English soccer player, from his boyhood fantasies of being an admired athlete, to his realization of that dream as a member of the national team competing for the World Cup.
6) Hello, world
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A mother bear and her child invite all the animals they meet to come with them to see the world.
7) Cat & Dog
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Dog takes care of a trio of kittens when their mother, Cat, gets trapped in a fisherman's van while trying to find breakfast.
8) Seal surfer
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Although he is on crutches, a boy goes to the beach with his grandfather, where they watch a seal being born, and over the following seasons, the boy and the seal develop a special bond.
10) Jamal's journey
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Jamal is a little camel so he must walk, walk, walk through the desert. One day he becomes separated from his parents and his friend, the boy, but a wise falcon helps to reunite them.
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Living in ruin and rubble with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child, a boy's tiny, green plant shoot gives him hope in a bleak landscape.
En un pueblo reducido a escombros y ruinas, una cerca de espino prohibe a un niño a quien le encantaba pasear por las colinas al otro lado. Un día aparece un retoño verde. ¿Podrá este retoño devolver la esperanza a este paisaje devastado...
14) Beowulf
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A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
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The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible narration that captures all the tale's drama and humor....
16) The jungle book
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"This is the story of Mowgli, the young boy raised by wolves in India: his escapades and adventures with his dear friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, his capture by the Monkey-People, his attempt at reintegration into human society, and his ultimate triumph over his avowed enemy the tiger Shere Khan"--BTCat.
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When Mole decides he has had enough tiresome spring-cleaning for one day, the scrappy nonesuch throws down his broom and bolts out of his house looking for fun and adventure. He quickly finds it in the form of the Water Rat, who takes the wide-eyed Mole boating and introduces him to the mysteries of life on the river and in the Wild Wood. Mole also meets Ratty's good friends: the kindly, solid Badger and the irrepressible Toad. Soon, the quartet's...